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An evocation of motherhood as negative capability.

The author of “Happiness Falls” explains how — and why — she chose a quote from “The Little Prince” to set the tone for her novel.

In its first half-century, Ms. magazine upended norms, disrupted the print world and made trouble. It was a start.

In his novel “Beyond the Door of No Return,” David Diop explores the secret life of Michel Adanson, who cataloged the natural world during the Enlightenment.

The jury for the memoir category had raised concerns that the citizenship requirement was excluding a large part of American culture.

He helped write indelible hits by Bon Jovi, Katy Perry and Ricky Martin. Now he’s written his own life story.

A Mexican American family heads to Jalisco in their Winnebago and a “bruja” from Puerto Rico steps out of a cab in Brooklyn.

His new book, “Day,” is his first in nearly a decade. “How does anybody,” he said, “write a contemporary novel that’s about human beings that’s not about the pandemic?”

The actor and TV host’s decision to return her talk show to the air, bypassing striking writers, made her a magnet for criticism, online and off.

The artist Mosie Romney envisions new releases by Major Jackson, Ayana Mathis and more.